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UNC Women's Basketball Beats Wake, 72-60
February 4, 2001 | Women's Basketball
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Feb. 4, 2001
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - With four players scoring in double figures and two tallying double-doubles, the University of North Carolina women's basketball team defeated visiting Wake Forest 72-60 Sunday afternoon to improve to 12-9 on the season, 6-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Wake Forest fell to 11-11 (3-8 ACC).
Both teams started the game with hot shooting, Wake Forest making eight of its first nine shots and UNC hitting seven of its first nine. "When the game started, it seemed like neither team was missing a shot," UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. After six minutes of play, Carolina led 21-19. The pace slowed down considerably, however, and at halftime UNC led 37-33 after shooting 46.7 percent from the floor to Wake Forest's 43.8.
The Tar Heels held onto the lead throughout the second half, but Wake closed the margin to one point on two occasions. UNC's lead was just two with 6:20 remaining in the game before the Tar Heels outscored the Demon Deacons 15-5 down the stretch to claim a 12-point win, the largest margin of the game.
"Every time we made a defensive mistake, Carolina capitalized," Wake Forest coach Charlene Curtis said. "Our focus was there for the first 30 minutes, but in the last 10 minutes it wasn't."
Senior guard Juana Brown and sophomore guard Coretta Brown scored 20 points each-with four three pointers each-to pace the Tar Heels. Coretta Brown also contributed nine assists with two turnovers, while Juana Brown handed out eight assists and committed just one turnover. As a team, North Carolina committed a season-low 11 turnovers and had 22 assists on its 26 field goals.
Also for Carolina, freshman center Cardace Sutton scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds for her first career double-double. Senior forward LaQuanda Barksdale had 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season.
Senior forward Olivia Dardy came off the bench to lead Wake Forest with 16 points and 12 rebounds. The double-double was her second of the season and 11th of her career.
North Carolina returns to action on Thursday, hosting Clemson at Carmichael Auditorium. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
Wake Forest also plays on Thursday, hosting NC State for a 7 p.m. tipoff at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
